[nickcarraway]

Is that really the criterion for being an NFL caliber QB, the ability to get to the Super Bowl two years in a row?

Read what I said. I did not say that. I said the Chiefs were so good that when they didn't have that anchor (Smith) weighing them down.

By the way, Marino was in one Super Bowl and Tarkenton was in three)

Eli Manning won two Super Bowls and he was mediocre at best. But he had good games when it counted.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Read what I said. I did not say that.

What you said was that Alex Smith wasn't an NFL caliber QB. I never thought I'd defend Alex Smith as a QB, but of course he was an NFL caliber QB. Jim Harbaugh, Andy Reid and Ron Rivera all thought so, and that's why he was an NFL QB - a starter - for so many years.